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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-q74x-qqhr-f8rx)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432341

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and
 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string
 that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method. (CVE-2008-1232)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q74x-qqhr-f8rx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432341

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1232

BID: 30496

cwe: CWE-79